In Nigeria, half of the population is aged under 19 years. People aged up to four years old made up the largest age group: 8.3 percent of males and eight percent of females were less than four years old. Similarly, children aged 5 to 9 years held the second largest share of population. On the other hand, people aged 60 years and older represented a small part of population.
Nigeria has one of the youngest population in the world. In whole Africa and in the world, Niger records the lowest median age. Nigeria ranked 18th.
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PopulationPyramid.net. (March 9, 2021). Age distribution of population in Nigeria in 2021, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121317/age-distribution-of-population-in-nigeria-by-gender/
PopulationPyramid.net. "Age distribution of population in Nigeria in 2021, by gender." Chart. March 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121317/age-distribution-of-population-in-nigeria-by-gender/
PopulationPyramid.net. (2021). Age distribution of population in Nigeria in 2021, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121317/age-distribution-of-population-in-nigeria-by-gender/
PopulationPyramid.net. "Age Distribution of Population in Nigeria in 2021, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121317/age-distribution-of-population-in-nigeria-by-gender/
PopulationPyramid.net, Age distribution of population in Nigeria in 2021, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121317/age-distribution-of-population-in-nigeria-by-gender/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Age distribution of population in Nigeria in 2021, by gender [Graph], PopulationPyramid.net, March 9, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121317/age-distribution-of-population-in-nigeria-by-gender/